We must all face the fact that our leaders are certifiably insane or worse.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS(1) Never give anything away for nothing. (2) Never give more than you have to give (always catch the buyer hungry and always make him wait). (3) Always take everything back if you possibly can.
More William S. Burroughs Quotes
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In my writing I am acting as a map maker, an explorer of psychic areas, a cosmonaut of inner space, and I see no point in exploring areas that have already been thoroughly surveyed.
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Sometimes paranoia’s just having all the facts.
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After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn’t do it.
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Once the law starts asking questions, there’s no stopping them.
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I project myself out through the glasses and across the street, a ghost in the morning sunlight, torn with disembodied lust.
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I think anybody incapable of changing his mind is crazy.
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There is no line between the ‘real world’ and ‘world of myth and symbol.’ Objects, sensations, hit with the impact of hallucination.
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Language is a virus from outer space.
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Home is where your ass is and if you want to move you move your ass the first step is learning to change homes with someone else and have someone else’s ass.
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I prefer cats to people, for the most part. Most people aren’t cute at all, and if they are cute they very rapidly outgrow it.
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A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what’s going on.
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If you weren’t surprised by your life you wouldn’t be alive. Life is surprise.
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Life is a vacation from two eternities, who wants to waste those precious years worrying about what happens when you get back to forever?
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Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.
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You can’t fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal.
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